Change to Win Coalition

Change to Win coalition, according to its website, was created when "Seven unions and six million workers united in Change to Win in 2005 to build a new movement of working people equipped to meet the challenges of the global economy and restore the American Dream in the 21st century: a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement and dignity on the job."

It was formed when the seven member unions split off from the AFL-CIO. The leaders of the breakaway faction said they were leaving because of distress over what they described as the AFL-CIO's ineffectiveness in stopping the long-term decline in union membership.

Member unions
Change to Win consists of four affiliated unions as of 2010:
 * International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) http://www.teamster.org
 * Service Employees International Union (SEIU) http://www.seiu.org
 * United Farm Workers of America (UFW) http://www.ufw.org
 * United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) http://www.ufcw.org

Former:
 * Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) http://www.liuna.org
 * United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) http://www.carpenters.org
 * UNITE HERE http://www.unitehere.org

Personnel
Leadership councel:
 * Joseph Hansen, Chair, Change to Win, International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
 * James P. Hoffa, Secretary-Treasurer, Change to Win, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
 * Geralyn Lutty, International Vice President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
 * Mary Kay Henry, President, Service Employees International Union
 * Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America

Key Staff:
 * Tom Woodruff, Director, Strategic Organizing Center

Contact details
1900 L Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-721-0660 Fax : 202-721-0661 Email: info AT changetowin.org Web: http://www.changetowin.org

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Farm Labor Organizing Committee
 * Labor Watch
 * U.S. Department of Labor

External articles

 * Steven Greenhouse, "After a Life in Labor, a Union Leader Retires, Frustrated by the Movement's Troubles", The New York Times, September 4, 2010.